1. My favorite thing about The Dove's Necklace was how the author defines love by showing the symptoms, and basically says that you can't really tell if you're in love because you don't notice the symptoms. I thought the poetry was very beautiful, especially the first selection. I also enjoyed the author's observation that lovers will act wildly out of character. I don't know how many people i have seen enter a relationship and their personality completely changes. Usually if i say something about it they deny it not because it isn't true, but because they can't see it.
2. The theme of watching or looking is most prominent in the first poem in the selection. It introduces the idea of your eyes always being drawn to your beloved, almost as if your gaze is their property. later, on page 34, the eyes play a different role. This time, they mistake someone for your beloved. This also plays into the idea that your eyes, sight, and thought are completely consumed by another person.
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